I am back from vacation, and so are the recruiting rankings. In this update, we see Ohio State, Notre Dame, and Penn State all edge closer to Michigan, which still is well ahead of the field despite not picking up a commit in forever, you guys. Changes since last rankings:

^The average of the average rankings of the three recruiting services (aka the previous three columns). The figure is calculated based on the raw numbers and then rounded, so the numbers above may not average out exactly.

NOTE: Unranked recruits are counted as one-star players. This may be a bit unfair this early in the process, considering there are many unevaluated recruits out there at this stage, but that's life.

Now that the highly positive Joe Mathis visit has been thoroughly analyzed (in multiple board threads below), I'm curious if anyone has heard anything about the other recruits that were on campus this weekend? Two other 4* SDEs were scheduled to visit... Wyatt Teller and Josh Augusta. There may have been others that visited that I am not aware of. Insiders?

This is great news as he is a very talented and highly touted player, and a consensus 4-star. He was chosen as the DL MVP of today's Nike Camp, and was apparently the only the defensive line players who outplayed Taco Charlton.

Also, another note, Joe is the cousin of CA Saftey and consensus top-10 2013 player Su'a Cravens, and a good visit from Mathis could possibly help our chances with Su'a too.

It was a relatively quiet week in recruiting—in fact, there were no commitments for any team until the weekend—but Rivals did update their rankings with a large group of three-star prospects, so the numbers are a little less wonky this time around. Changes since last rankings:

^The average of the average rankings of the three recruiting services (aka the previous four columns). The figure is calculated based on the raw numbers and then rounded, so the numbers above may not average out exactly.

NOTE: Unranked recruits are counted as one-star players. This may be a bit unfair this early in the process, considering there are many unevaluated recruits out there at this stage, but that's life.